@ audeo03 It is NOT for taping ducts. Real "Duct Tape" for duct work is a metal foil tape with an adhesive backing. "Duck", "Duct", "racer", "gun", or "tank" tape are all random names and a total misconception when it comes to duct work. The glue on it will dry out after about a year and leave air gaps in the ducting. You can even read the wiki on it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape . 3Mâ„¢ Aluminum Foil Tape 425 is the REAL duct tape.
Bahh, who cares?! Let's just say it's called Duct Tape. Now lets talk about biking. Why is the tire have a dent in it? Wouldn't it just fold back into shape?
hill will almost certainly stop wearing a neck brace now. thats what neck braces do they put the pressure on your shoulder instead of your neck. If he wasn't wearing one he wouldn't have had such a bad injury on his shoulder
its duck tape. duck is the brand but its the generic name that that sort of tape is called. Its the same with hoovers, they are actually vacuum cleaners but hoover was the original/ most succeslful company
lol, funny because duct tape was invented in the US, by J&J.
So Brits... next time you try and correct us on an American company and product, you may wanna think twice
To correct everyone... The actual tape has always been called Duct tape. That is the actual name.
The name "duck tape" in which the Brits are using, is actually a nickname for the tape. The nickname came about when the tape was used on ammo cases to keep water out. Since the tape was waterproof people called it duck tape. So in reality... the Brits are just calling it something that the Americans did during the war. They don't know any better in this case because they got that nickname from us to begin with. Real name is duct tape. It's nothing to debate on. Care to argue more... just look it up yourself. www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ducttape.htm
Well... now that is cleared up... I'm wondering what damage the frame took on. It's really hard to tell by the picture. Hope Sammy is ok.
2sam hopkins: i don't know what has neck brace to do with injury of a shoulder??? neck brace is designed to transport/absorb impact energy through the chest/shoulders. you will end up with either crushed collar bones or dead. if you crash on shoulder neck bracet won't help you anyway. if you have look at most riders, they are like skinned rabbit. no muscles to hold bones together. no wonder they end-up badly whenever they crash. protection would help too. if you have look at most "immortals" they don't wear any protections. i don't crash often but when i crash it bloody hurts despite you wear protection. i don't understand people who don't wear anything. just to reply retarded comments, from sofa-riders, about crashing in advance. if you don't crash, you don't push it hard enough.
Sam's strategy always was keep bike light so he uses xc components. it quite doesn't matter what you have in fort will you wreck it anyway. i bought nice DT FR2350 rear wheel, bent axle and wrecked rim at first day in fort bill :o) maybe thick stainless steel rims would do in fort will, but weight about 10kg each ;-)
surely those people that are calling it duck tape realise the correct name is duct tape. last time I looked this tape is much more suited to fixing ducts than taping together a duck?!?!
For fucks sake! shut the fuck up about fucking duck tape you fucking bell ends. No body gives a fucking shit wat its called. Probably because a fucking bike website you stupid fucks. FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!
i actually find this Duct/Duck tape argument very interesting as it shows us how pedantic about such a small thing mankind can be. And i also agree with moongose who commented quite high up on the page.
arrrggg stop saying that this is just the brits being stupid, we all know its called duct tape and invented by americans in ww2 but just a couple of idiots r arguing!, there r some americans/canadians arguing its called duck tape aswell!
rffr you cant really call us stupid have you seen the education in america yea its SHIT! thaats why your streets are filled with wanna be gangstars thinkin there something which they aint there just a bunch of half way crooks! so before calling british stupid think next time about are education and welfare, NOBHEAD!
No mike I think your forgeting that in America there are real gangstas and there education is as good as ours ... It's just tv programs of some smack heads and movies that give you the impression that there all dumb . Some are but I'm board of this now
you guys will be surprised that there are smart people in even the farthest reaches of the world. but there will always be the idiots who make the whole continent look bad. some kid i know just moved to the UK and said everyone behaves almost the exact same way that people do here. so, mr.hill needed new rims, spokes (of course), rotors, and lowers. his frame was fine but he needed a little more than duck/duckt to fix it
Hahaha maniac. Our UC and ivy league schools match your guys any day.
Second... whats up with the wanna be gangsters comment>? You really need to stop watching cnn. It's funny because I've been to the UK multiple times to see my family and in London, Manchester, Derbyshire, there are plenty of dirty ass people there also. I definitely have to admit... british gangbangers... they should make a reality show on it.
after reading all the comments and take that as a fact what Brendan said, then in my opinion i think he will not race at finals. Damaging your shoulder makes it so f*cking hard that even sam can't battle with that. I am one of the thousands who admire him and wishes the best recovery, but still this crash seems to be really devastator. Not to mention, that he didn't wear body armor (he never does), which could save him from the biggest pain. Oh, what can i say, all the comment can be wrong, coz i actually dont know a shit about that crash... BUT SAM, JUST DONT HURT YOURSELF ANYMORE i want to see you racing, i don't care, in which place you finish i just admire your style!!!! Keep up the good work and GOOD LUCK Dude, we are all with you sam...
Does this article meet PB's frontpage quality? I don't think so. Atleast there should be some information about or links to how he crashed. Not just few pictures. Just my .02 cents.
Sam Hill crashed, here's a cell phone shot of his bike and some photo of his ass, plus 2 sentences that tell us nothing.
LOLNEWS
Tomorrow we will be back to our regularly scheduled totally-unbiased-always-glowingly-positive reviews.
dont know why everyone is talking about his bike..its just the rims that are busted..unless im missing something, if so point it out, but ive seen crap riders do this to wheels..true im sure he was going fast, but the bike looks fine to me
What makes you assume that there is any additional damage? Aside from pure speculation, the only thing obviously broken are his rims. I doubt that frame is bent.
I wouldn't be too harsh on the DT rims - they are softer for sure, but a soft rim is less susceptible to pinch flats and breaking, as it bends before it breaks. There has been more than one race where the DT riders at least make it to the finish line while the Mavic riders don't. Do you bend like a reed or stay solid like an oak? Two ways to skin a cat.
Old DeeMax rims were good. I got good old yellow DeeMax on front wheel since 2002. I weight 100kg and rim has bent sidewalls, but always kept main structure straight. I also got DT FR2340 rims, same as DeeMax. Unfortunatelly, new DeeMax follows american way of life. Cheap rubbish for consumers society.
SAM HILL IS A PRO RIDER, PROBABLY THE MOST SUCCSEFUL DH BIKER, HE GOT TREMENDOUS CRASH. HE IS GONNA RACE FOR THE WORLD CUP, DO YOU REALLY THINK HES GONNA USE THE SAME FRAME????????? HE HAVE POWERFUL SPONSORS, HE GET A NEW BIKE AND NEW EVERYTHING!!!!! THE CRASHED BIKE IS GOING TO THE GARBAGE.
I believe that they will give him new everything, but i doubt they are going to just throw it all away. Much of the stuff, expecially the frame, it all prototype. They are probably going to do some analysis on his stuff he was using.
Sam Hill is my hero. This makes me sad as I want him to take the Cup again this year and the odds are stacking up against that happening. Still the fastest man, flat-out, on two wheels.
some racers said they wished they were on DT rims as they were just getting dings rather than holding up and pinching the tube, if you seen the number of flats this weekend it was unbelievable.
sam hill is a legend already. anyone who disagrees can rectally penetrate their peg legged mother to death. Also anyone who continues to argue about tape can procreate their own face.
wooh you aussies is from da future init mate! :L haha! id also like to ask the english people on this site... when the fosters ad sais get some austrailian in ya, do you to think, "no, i would not like some criminal inside me" :L no offence aussies cuz at the end of the day i think we all wish we lived there. oh and another thing... sam hill's eye brows must be the fastest in all of austailia. :L
...dont you just hate it when people say no offence thought actually its the most offencive you can get? btw leave sam hills eyebrows alone! and another thing the foster add? never heard of it?
The DLC coating is to reduce friction. If it works better, who really cares if it doesn't "look" good. This is not a fashion show, it's professional racing.
Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?").
this man is incredible...at fort william wich is the hardest track in the world he crash at a high speed...and now....IS WORLD CHAMPION!!! True Legend!!!
no its the new boxxer fork rock shox is working on, they haven't released it to the public yet, Sam and Brendan and Troy are just testing it out along with their new frames
wow that would really suck. i hope theirs a vid of it somewhere. if their is im sure it will be posted soon enough. get better sam you got some more races to do:P
It's only the back wheel and rotor! No one ever trashed a wheel before? Without seeing a vid i can't comment on the crash, but hell it aint that bad. Poeple have snapped bikes clean in two in the past.
no its the new boxxer fork rock shox is working on, they haven't released it to the public yet, Sam and Brendan and Troy are just testing it out along with their new frames
benko only Brendan,Sam,Steve,Greg and Mick are testing the new coating on the boxxers,rock shox isn't planning for a release to the public.The new coating is part of their black box program.
Now lets talk about biking.
Why is the tire have a dent in it? Wouldn't it just fold back into shape?
GOOGLE SAYS ITS DUCT TAPE YOU RETARDED BRITS, DOG DAMNIT. GET YOUR ENGLISH RIGHT.
So Brits... next time you try and correct us on an American company and product, you may wanna think twice
To correct everyone... The actual tape has always been called Duct tape. That is the actual name.
The name "duck tape" in which the Brits are using, is actually a nickname for the tape. The nickname came about when the tape was used on ammo cases to keep water out. Since the tape was waterproof people called it duck tape. So in reality... the Brits are just calling it something that the Americans did during the war. They don't know any better in this case because they got that nickname from us to begin with. Real name is duct tape. It's nothing to debate on. Care to argue more... just look it up yourself. www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/ducttape.htm
Well... now that is cleared up... I'm wondering what damage the frame took on. It's really hard to tell by the picture. Hope Sammy is ok.
For the brits that still say it is invented in Britain, think again. Johnson & Johnson is an AMERICAN company.
so, mr.hill needed new rims, spokes (of course), rotors, and lowers. his frame was fine but he needed a little more than duck/duckt to fix it
Second... whats up with the wanna be gangsters comment>? You really need to stop watching cnn. It's funny because I've been to the UK multiple times to see my family and in London, Manchester, Derbyshire, there are plenty of dirty ass people there also. I definitely have to admit... british gangbangers... they should make a reality show on it.
Atleast there should be some information about or links to how he crashed. Not just few pictures.
Just my .02 cents.
dirt.mpora.com/news/sam-hill-fort-william-smash.html
And I'm a Mavic fan.
offline.hu/mountain-bike/2010/06/fort-william-downhill-es-4x-vilag-kupa-masodik-nap
or
"If you can't duct it, fuct it?"
Case solved..
its not the same crash but another bad crash for sam hill
Hope he's feeling better soon, the only reason my mum agreed to go is to watch him haha.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/5151314
Just shows that even world-class athletes have crashes that big!!!
www.pinkbike.com/photo/5149930
I guess I wish that would happen to my demo! And I guess that monster energy sticker looks stupid... Better?
www.pinkbike.com/photo/1890159
they must be more crap than everyone says then?